chevrón
Spanish, noun[t͡ʃeˈβ̞ɾõn]
chevrón is spelled C-H-E-V-R-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevrón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of chebrón” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Símbolo usado en heráldica y que tiene la forma de un compás. Habitualmente el vértice superior de este…”.
What does chevrón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of chebrón
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Símbolo usado en heráldica y que tiene la forma de un compás. Habitualmente el vértice superior de este compás suele situarse en el centro del escudo, aunque en ciertas disposiciones se desplaza hasta su borde superior. Sus patas se apoyan en los vértices inferiores del rectángulo en que el escudo se inscribe. Su significado era el de protección o de inspiradores de aquellos que hacen grandes obra
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chevrón
- chevrones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevrón?
- [t͡ʃeˈβ̞ɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chevrón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chevrón in Spanish?
chevrón appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).